lampoon
noun
a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
lampooner
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a word derived from
lampoon.
Example Sentences
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Political provocateur, truth-seeker, avid lampooner, outré creator: Nekrasova is calling the shots from all four viewpoints.
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2021
Shelby's painter was Terence Duren, frail, 40, ferocious lampooner of womanhood, an ex-Chicago Art Institute instructor, ex-Greenwich Village freelancer.
From Time Magazine Archive
The lampooner, out of delicacy, kept aloof from the poet.
From Rejected Addresses by James Smith
A professional lampooner, his pen was at the service of any one willing to pay the price.
From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by James H. Stark
Nash opens as a skilful lampooner; he knew well that ridicule, without the appearance of truth, was letting fly an arrow upwards, touching no one.
From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Isaac Disraeli
